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appendages in which it ramifies freely, a point seemingly not hitherto made 
out by other investigators. 
Posterior to the supra-oesophageal ganglion and apparently innervated 
by it, dorsal to the oesophagus, is a body which is probably one of a pair of 
excretory bodies mentioned by other investigators (the maxillipedal pair). 
General note upon the females. From Fig. 1, and by comparing it with 
Fig. 1, Part I, various discrepancies in size may apparently be detected. 
The sexually mature females mentioned in this paper, it must be borne in 
mind, are not fully grown, and they show a much more striking likeness 
(inter alia as to dimensions) to L. galei; so much so that I hazard the conjecture 
that those authors who confounded the two species in former times based 
their conclusions on the examination of specimens that were not fully adult. 
Nevertheless the hook on the maxillipede,one of the more prominent characters 
on which I founded this species, is easily discernible on my young females 
though it is at present so small as to be more appropriately called a spine. 
It is obvious from Fig. 1 that the “arms” (2nd maxillae) must elongate 
considerably hereafter to become in time as long as the trunk, since they are 
at present not much longer than the cephalothorax. I have also a female so 
immature that as yet it shows no indications of ovaries; it is not accompanied 
by a male, and its arms are shorter still. 
The Generic characters of the male are at present indeterminable 
owing to the comparatively few species that have been found. The following 
characters may be noted: Size larger in proportion to female than in other 
genera; cephalothorax slightly inclined to trunk, from which it is separated by 
a constriction; abdominal appendages exceptionally large, and turned for¬ 
wards dorsally; mediative processes present and well developed; antennule 
four-jointed; antenna with a terminal claw and chelate; second maxilla with 
a large spinous process on the basal joint, forming a chela with the terminal 
claw; maxillipedes resembling the second maxillae. 
Specific characters of the male. Cephalothorax strongly flattened dorsi- 
ventrally and covered dorsally with a distinct carapace which is prolonged 
forwards into a two-pointed rostrum. Cephalothorax not much inclined to 
trunk, which is of about equal length, cylindrical, inflated, and distinguishable 
into three regions as well as a minute posterior abdomen. Genital process 
with two pairs of minute spines and two apertures. Trunk without large 
postero-ventral spine. The abdominal appendages narrow into a slender 
neck where they join the abdomen, then swell into large bodies rounded at 
the extremities. Single median eye present. Maxillipedes not appreciably 
larger (if any) than the 2nd maxillae. 
